The Telegraph TOUGHIE Mar 24 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,406 - March 24 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
& 13 Across Learned exterior of rare gem might appear thus	EMERALD
African country ceding eastern border and west African capital	RAND
Bogarde nervelessly tackles character vital to the plot?	GARDENER
Bookmaker's size deceives better	FOOLSCAP
Case worker is someone who likes to abstain from drink	PORTER
Escape mechanism used for shutting down quickly	BOLT
Evidence of interference close to election seen in broadcast	SNOW
Exaggerate the effect of a stereo TV broadcast	OVERSTATE
Fishing dispute lowering demand initially for chicken	COWARD
Fruit bats primarily employ geolocating sonar	ORANGES
Get garage to make new arrangement for collection of parts	AGGREGATE
Grumble a great deal, but not entirely cross	BEEFALO
Homeless tile fitter for whom living is a daily grind?	MILLER
I'm annoyed about putting company before individual	CONRAD
Identity of Santa's top little helper	SELF
Natural product that's a must for green shopper	GRASS
One has permission to tell story about moving scene	LICENSEE
Opening and middle sections of final fugue really used in alternation	INAUGURAL
Place where builder of dam constructs masonry?	LODGE
Places to deposit flower containers	BANKS
Put off by lines on the right-hand side	DEXTER
Ringing about issue with social worker	RESONANT
See 4 Down	GREEN
Short shock succeeded in part of London	BARNES
Shot girlie magazine's 'ultimate pair' in sexy underwear	LINGERIE
Sound wanting almost everything expelled from lungs?	BELLOW
Strange omen, warning to go over first	FOREIGN
They are thorny problems, regularly treated with balm	BRAMBLES
Tory backing socialist is deliberate	CONSIDER
Viewer's complaint about something done on pitch	CATARACT
What helps one handle things just out of range?	OVENGLOVE
Who pulls strings when attempting to hit targets?	ARCHER